ADVERTISEMENT.

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Tis neceffary to inform the reader, that the following Remarks are a fmall part of a work lately given to the public, wherein occafion is incidentally taken to exhibit fome inftances of the manner in which Milton's character has been treated by fome of his former biographers and others. About the time that fpecimen was closed Dr. Johnson's New Narrative was thrown in the way of the editors, and could not be overlooked without leaving fome of the more candid and capable judges of Milton's profe-writings to fuffer by the illiberal reflections of certat (perhaps wellA 2

meaning)